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Character Analysis of Roger ChillingWorth Character Analysis of Roger Chillingworth By Robert J. Boudreaux English 3 Mrs. Overley February 14, 2007 Outline Thesis
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Character Analysis of Roger Chillingworth
By
Robert J. Boudreaux
English 3
Mrs. Overley
February 14, 2007
Outline
Thesis Statement: Knowing Roger Chillingworth's background, his role in the book as a
symbol, and his obsession of torturing Dimmsdale are all important when analyzing his
character.
I. Chillingworth's background
A. Married to Hester Prynne
B. Sends Hester to Boston
II. Chillingworth as a symbol
A. Symbolized as the devil
B. Once a thoughtful man
III. Chillingworth's torturing Dimmsdale
A. Is obsessed
B. Tortures Dimmsdale
C. He is at first thought by Dimmsdale to help him
Knowing Roger Chillingworth's background, his role in the book as a symbol, and his obsession of torturing Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale are all important when analyzing his character. Chillingworth's marriage to Hester is important to giving motive for his torture of Dimmesdale. Nathanial Hawthorne's use of Chillingworth as a symbol will also be discussed in this research paper. Learning why Chillingworth tortures Dimmsdale will help the understanding of his character.
Susan Van Kik says, "Roger Chillingworth, unlike Hester and Dimmesdale, is a flat character. While he develops into an obsessed fiend, he is less of a character and more of a symbol doing the devil's bidding." A writhing horror twisted across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause with all its wreathed intervolutions in open sight (Hawthorne, 52). Hawthorne also describes that " he was small in stature, with a furrowed visage, which, as yet, could hardly be termed aged. There was a remarkable intelligence in his features, as of a perphysical to itself, and become manifest by unmistakable tokens." Chillingworth is consistently a symbol of...
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